Tsukiji Market

Tokyo, Japan, November 2023
Tsukiji Market
10:53 tako senbei
It is one of the most popular foods on Enoshima Island (west of Kamakura). It’s a crispy cracker made of octopus, shrimp, or jellyfish. It is partially crunchy, partially soft, and chewy.
01:04 Katsu (cutlet) is a pounded meat or seafood, breaded, then deep-fried.
01:32 Thorny crab sashimi, grilled shellfish, etc.
02:02 Assorted dry fish, seafood, beans, seaweed, etc. So good!
02:52 Short walk through the kitchens and back alley.
03:35 Fresh wasabi
03:44 Matsutake mushrooms
03:47 Bamboo shoots
03:50 Deep-fried street food
04:30 Fresh seafood for snacking - taco/octopus, uni/sea urchin, oysters
04:38 Our choice: ebi/shrimp sashimi, shirako/fish milt (sperm), Ankimo/steamed monkfish liver aka “foie gras of the sea”
04:53 Giant palm-size oysters are in season
05:10 Ichigo ame (candied strawberries on a stick) and Strawberry daifuku (rice sweets)